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Silverstone Rally School Northamptonshire

Silverstone Park, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, NN12 8TJ

Here at Silverstone Rally School, we offer a range of rally driving & navigational courses, rally driving experiences and rally driving days tailored to suit drivers of all budgets (starting from £79.00) and experience, from novice, through to serious tuition for the die hard enthusiast. You can either purchase by date or buy a rally driving gift voucher. We are also pleased to announce kids rally driving , junior and youth rally driving with the Silverstone Formula 1000 Youth academy. Our offers include every type of rally driving course to suite many differing budgets starting with a rally experience taster and half day rally experience to a full day rally experience or a 3hr private one on one course which ever one you choose this certainly is rally driving at its most authentic. Due to our experience on building and maintaining Escorts we also offer restoration and maintenance of Escort MK1, & Escort Mk2 vehciles. Please see our restoration menu at the top of the page. Junior rally driving experiences are for juniors from age 11 through to teenagers upto the age of 17.

Ford Escort Rally Thrill at Silverstone Rally School

Demo laps of the rally circuit driven by your instructor

Get behind the wheel of a Ford Escort MKII

Drive around the specially-prepared rally stage

Pick up new driving techniques

Price: £119

A rally driving day near Silverstone is an unforgettable experience for any fan of fast, furious cars built to slide, speed and roar. After a driver's briefing, get behind the wheel of a powerful Ford Escort MKII with a professional instructor as passenger and pick up some amazing techniques to get the most from this extraordinary vehicle. Then hit the loose rally stage and put those newfound skills to the test, with the encouragement and guidance of the expert. Not for the faint-hearted, but definitely suitable for those with a love of rally cars and adrenaline!

Night Rally Driving at Silverstone Rally School

Rally driving in the dark

Learn how to control skids and do power slides

The art of handbrake turns

Includes a passenger ride at competition speeds

Take home a certificate

Price: £350

Rallying in the dark is exciting and will push your driving skills to the limit. Discover secrets of controlling a skid, handbrake turns and power slides, with expert tuition from a qualified instructor all the way. A brief classroom session is followed by practical demonstrations of rally driving techniques. Then take the wheel for three intensive sessions of tuition. After dining locally (not included), put your new skills to the test on the full special stage, with only the aforementioned car lights to illuminate the stage. Finish the evening with a passenger ride, your instructor driving at competition speeds to show you how it's done. Conclude with a debrief and certificate presentation.

Subaru Turbo Rally Thrill at Silverstone Rally School

Demo laps of the rally circuit driven by your instructor

Get behind the wheel of a stunning Subaru Impreza turbo

Drive around the specially-prepared rally stage

Pick up invaluable rally driving techniques

Price: £119

Rally driving is nothing like race driving on a smooth, dry track - it's a hardcore blend of handbrake turns around extreme corners, skidding, acceleration and flying gravel, and it's perhaps one of the most exciting of all motor sports. There's no better place to try it than at Silverstone Rally School, which has thrilled and nurtured aspiring rally drivers for over a quarter of a century, and this experience for one takes place in perhaps one of the most breathtaking cars of all time: the Subaru Impreza turbo. After a driver's briefing, get behind the wheel and learn professional rally techniques from an experienced and personable instructor, which then get put into practise on the loose rally stage. Driving will never be the same afterwards!

Junior Ford Ka Hot Laps at Silverstone Rally School

The perfect experience for kids who love cars

Kids get the chance to take on an authentic rally stage

Full instruction and safety briefing included

Complete a series of challenging laps in a Ford Ka

Price: £72

Put pedal to metal on Silverstone's rally stage with high-speed laps in a specially-prepared Ford Ka. This high-octane driving experience gives juniors the chance to take control of a dual-controlled rally car and learn some pretty handy skills in the process. Begin with a detailed safety briefing before climbing into the passenger seat for a demonstration lap to get familiar with power slides and handbrake turns. Go on to complete a series of adrenaline-pumping laps (eight laps on a weekend or ten on a weekday) around the loose gravel rally stage under the expert tuition of a fully qualified instructor. Essential for budding petrol heads!

Kids and Parents' Rally Driving at Silverstone Rally School

Pit your wits against Mum or Dad in a battle of the drivers

Take the wheel of a dual controlled Ford KA rally car

Finish off with a high-speed passenger ride

No driving experience necessary - full instruction is included

Price: £195

Pit your wits against the oldies in a real battle of the drivers. Begin with the basics, such as accelerator and clutch control, along with steering and braking techniques. All this on the authentic Silverstone rally stage, in a dual-controlled Ford KA with roll bars and rally seat harness. Depending on how you progress, you may get to master more advanced techniques such as handbrake turns and power sliding, before putting what you have learnt into action with three separate driving sessions and, to finish off, a high-speed passenger ride. It's then time to see if Mum or Dad can do better as they learn the same techniques from the instructor before taking to the loose rally stage themselves for three seperate sessions. May the best driver win!

Stunt Driving at Silverstone Rally School

Master the art of power slides, handbrake turns and skid cause and control

Experience an awesome session of stunt driving at the famous Silverstone rally venue, even if you have no previous driving experience. Following a briefing you will begin with slaloms to get to know your dual-controlled Ford KA rally car and to see what it is capable of. Once you are comfortable in the driver's seat you will move on to a range of more advanced manoeuvres including hand brake turns, power slides, parallel parking and precision driving. If you're a driving enthusiast with a taste for excitement then this is the experience for you.

Subaru Impreza Hot Laps at Silverstone Rally School

A high-octane driving experience in Northamptonshire

Take on Silverstone Rally School's challenging course

Tips and tuition from a professional instructor

Perform a series of laps in the Subaru Impreza

Price: £72

The Subaru Impreza is an iconic rally beast as impressive to look at as it is to drive. Take this mean machine for a spin around the circuit's loose rally gravel stage and push your driving skills to the limit under the expert tuition of a professional instructor. Kick off with a safety discussion before jumping into the Subaru's passenger seat for a familiarisation lap to get acquainted with handbrake turns and power slides. Then slide behind the wheel to take on the peaks, troughs, twists and turns of the purpose-built circuit with the instructor in the passenger seat to offer tips and encouragement throughout. Drive ten laps on a weekday or eight at weekends. A must for avid adrenaline junkies!